Young PHS wrestling squad grapples with the unknown

For several seasons, the Petersburg High School Wrestling team has had reliable veterans such as Markus Anderson, Angus Olsen and Kaden Duke, who all graduated last year. The program is now entering a new era of Vikings wrestling with a wave of young talent and the coaching staff focused less on results and winning and more on unlocking the potential of this squad.

“This team that we have is young. We have one senior [Tyson Reid] and he hasn’t wrestled since middle school. We have two juniors and everybody else is sophomores and freshmen,” head coach James Valentine said.

So far, an emphasis i...